Week 23 Notes

Some things going on this week that have their own blog post or webpage:

Science Club - Weather / Humidity

Art History - Helen Frankenthaler

Language Arts - The Canterbury Tales

Mathematics - The Book of Perfectly Perilous Math and "Monstrously" Cool Factor Trees

Monday, Mar 13

SSR

Morning Math

age 6, 7, 8 - static addition with the Golden Bead Material

age 10, 11 - "You Can Count on Monsters" rough draft & edit for MLB



age 12, 13 - The Book of Perfectly Perilous Math
"Buying a Pyramid" & "Buried Alive?"

Jazz - read Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford at snack



Handwork - Knitting, Embroidery

Read Aloud - read chapter 7 of The House at Pooh Corner at lunch



Board Games - Socken Zocken, Labyrinth, Mancala

Language Arts

age 6, 7, 8 - Introduction to Word Study
every letter in a word matters!

read The Disappearing Alphabet by Richard Wilbur and Ed Emberley's Amazing Look-Through Book by Ed Emberley



age 10, 11 - The < ll > Challenge

age 12, 13 - History of the English Language
review history of the English language and look at a map of England and neighboring countries

read Beo-Bunny by James Rumford and look for familiar words

listen to a portion of Beowulf read in Old English



for students who want to go deeper:
side-by-side translation for Beowulf (PDF)

Tuesday, Mar 14

SSR & Reading Meetings (here's what people are reading right now)
CR - Five Children and It by E. Nesbit

AZ - Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald

AH - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

KW - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

AG - The House Above the Trees by Ethel Cook Eliot

KA - Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

KLL - Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus

Morning Math

age 6, 7, 8 - static subtraction with the Golden Bead Material

age 10, 11 - finish adding definitions of prime & composite numbers and examples of factor trees (and monsters) to MLB

age 12, 13 - The Book of Perfectly Perilous Math
"The Rope Bridge" & "The Punk Prank Payback"

extra math work:

CR - How long is the world record flight for a chicken?
(aka Cross Cancel Fractions, FREE on TpT)

KW - Reading a Line Graph

KLL - Supercharged Math, Algebra week 3

Jazz - read This Jazz Man by Karen Ehrhardt at snack



Handwork - Knitting, Embroidery

Lunch - read Beowulf: A Hero's Tale, retold by James Rumford using only Anglo-Saxon words still used today



Board Games - Bugs in the Kitchen, Gnomes at Night, Bananagrams, Scrabble

Wednesday, Mar 15

SSR

Morning Math

age 6, 7, 8 - static multiplication with the Golden Bead Material

age 10, 11 - Math Practice Puzzles: Fractions and Decimals (PDF)

AZ - Sticky Code, p.15

CR - Mixed Number Search, p.16

AH - Question and Answer, p.35

age 12, 13 - The Book of Perfectly Perilous Math
"Tornado on Your Tail!" & "The Long Way Around"

Jazz Artist: Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong - read Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong by Lesa Cline-Ransome, listen to "What a Wonderful World" and watch video of "Hello Dolly"



Handwork - Knitting, Embroidery

Read Aloud - read chapter 8 of The House at Pooh Corner at lunch

Board Games - Jump One, Jump Two

The hfw Project - explain the story of < I >, look through Beowulf side-by-side translation (PDF) for I and ic

Language Arts

age 6, 7, 8 - SWI
read That's What Leprechauns Do by Eve Bunting, write word sums for the < rain > family



age 10, 11 - Grammar
begin reviewing Grammar symbols for Lower Elementary

age 12, 13 - The Canterbury Tales
Canterbury Tales: Satire SNL Worksheet (FREE on TpT)

some skits I suggest instead of the one indicated:
Meet Your Second Wife
Gen Z Hospital
Screen Guild Awards
COVID Commercial
Guns
Black Jeopardy with Tom Hanks

Science Club - begin study of Humidity

Thursday, Mar 16

SSR

Morning Math

age 6, 7, 8 - static division with the Golden Bead Material

age 10, 11 - fractions, decimals, percents

age 12, 13 - The Book of Perfectly Perilous Math
"The Sands of Time" & "The Final Countdown"

Jazz Artist: Florence Mills - read Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills by Renée Watson at snack, listen to "Bye Bye Florence" (vocals by Bert Howell, organ by Fats Waller)



Handwork - Knitting, Embroidery

Read Aloud - read chapter 9 of The House at Pooh Corner at lunch

Board Games - Quixo, Gnomes at Night, Mancala

Art History - Helen Frankenthaler Tea Staining Art Lesson ($3.50 on TpT)



Language Arts

age 6, 7, 8 - SWI
read The Tale of Lucky Patrick: A Leprechaun and Farmer Story by Suzanne Down, write word sums for the < gold > family

age 10, 11 - Grammar
finish reviewing Grammar symbols for Lower Elementary:
article, adjective, noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, preposition, conjuction, interjection

begin to study Grammar Symbols for Upper Elementary:
nouns - common, proper, collective, abstract
verbs - transitive, intrasitive, linking, gerund, participle, infinitve as adjective, infinitive as noun, infinitive as adverb

age 12, 13 - The Canterbury Tales
begin to read The General Prologue (PDF) in Middle English and fill out Character Chart (FREE on TpT)

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